Stórgjöf

Old Norwegian Dictionary - stórgjöf

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "stórgjöf" (or stórgjǫf) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

stórgjöf (stórgjǫf)
stórgjöf, f. stor, betydelig Gave; um váriteptir gaf Hákon jarl Sigmundi stór-gjafir, áðr þeir skildu Fm. II, 11719;Magnúsi konungi líkaði ílla stórgjafirþær, er H. konungr hafði gefit bóndumtil vinsælda sér Fm. VII, 218; svá varákaft um vináttu þeirra, at hvárir buðuöðrum heim hvert haust ok gáfu stór-gjafir Nj. 98 (15127).

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, stórgjöf may be more accurately written as stórgjǫf.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᚮᚱᚵᛁᚯᚠ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

f.
Feminin.
m.
Masculin.

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